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A MORAL AND ALLEGORICAL 






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THE 



WAY OF LIFE 



A MORAL AND ALLEGORICAL 



FAIEY SPISTAGI. 



IN TEN SCENES. 



BY JNO 




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SCENE 1. ijfFANCY. 
SCENE 2. Childhood. 
SCENE 3. Youth. 
SCENE 4. First Love. 
SCENE 5. Manhood. 



SCENE 6. Vy'OJXAXHOOD . 

SCENE 7. Marriage. 
SCENE 8. Separation. 
SCENE 9. Death. 
SCENE 10. Life AND Reunion. 



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Entered, according to Act of CorigTess, in the year 1SG7, by Jno. 
Jay Bailey, in the Clerk's Office, of the U. S. District Court of 
the Eastei-n District of Missouri . 






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DRAMATIS PERSON.E 



sum A- MO RIALS . 

LiLYBELL, Queen of the Flower Fairies. 
Oakball, Lender of the Elves of the AVoods. 
Puck, Attendant on the Former. 

Attendant Fairies and Elves. 
KoBALT, An Evil Spirit ihhabiting Mines. 
-Imps, Attendant on Kobalt. 

MORTALS. 

Max and AVomax, represented in the successive stages ol 
Life, from the Cradle to the Grave, and bej'ond it. 
Parents, relatives, companions, mourners, a Priest, etc 



THE WAY OF LIFE: 

A MORAL AND ALLEGORICAL 

FAIRY SPECTACLE, 

IN TEN SCENES. 



SCENE I.— Infancy. 

A domestic inte7'io7\ The Infant in its cradle. Its parents 
sitting 7iear it. Fairi s and Eiocs grouped about. 

FAIRY CHORUS. 

Lullaby, lullaby, sleep, baby, sleep, 
Fairies a watch o'er thy slumbers shall keep, 
In their fond music thy senses to steep, 
Lullaby, lullaby, soft be thy d ream! ufji:. 
Lonf^ ?is thy life shall their iruanlianship be, 
Keeping- thy soul from tlie evil one free, 
Guiding thy steps till thy spirit they see 
Safe where the portals ol" Heaven are gleaming. 

Enter PuCK. Lilybell marshals her atte7idants to the front 
of the stage. 

Song -and Chorus. 

LiLYBELL. 

Fays of the flowers! Sprites of the bowers! 
Kobalt is near witli all his powers; 
Guard we to-niglit, lest, through his might, 
Evil befall this child of ours. 



Chorus . 
Elves and Fairies. 

With double care, tliis Inlant fair, 
Protect we tliroiip^h the night; 

For safe he'll be, from Kobalt free, 
When the first rosy beams of the morning's light 
Every spirit of evil shall put to flight. 

LiLYBELL . 

Kobalt is here! 

Enter KoBA'LT and Imps. 

Kobalt. 

From hidden mines, where sun ne'er shines, 
Kobalt is come to claim his own; 
Yield then to me, my slave to be, 
This child ye guard, he's mine alone. 

Chorus of Imps. 

Midsummer's eve beheld his birth, 
When 'tis the foiries' right 

To seize whate'er is born on earth. 
But your choice, which was first, ye saw fit to slight, 
So v>^e claim him our own this midsummer's night. 

Chorus. 

Elves and FAmiES. 

No, ne'er we'll yield this precious child 
To Kobalt's imps, so grim and wild; 
We'll keep him pure and undefiled 
Against everj^ assault of your evil powers. 
For till manhood he readies he shall be ours. 



KOBALT AND ImPS. 

To be our slave then yield this child, 

Or let him reap our vengeance wild, 

With broken spirit, sin defiled, 

He shall yet fall a prey to our subtle powers, 

And ere manhood he reaches he shall be ours. 

Tableau. 



SCENE II.— Childhood. 

Same. Children and their Parents; Fairies, Elves ^ and 
Imps . 

LiLYBELL. 

Seize your good sv/ords, merry sprites of the wildwocKl, 

Boldly to face wicked Kobalt to-night; 
Into the presence of innocent childhood 

Ne'er let him conie to envenom and blight. 

Elves. 

Eesolutely, 

Weapon in hand, 
Kobalt we'll face and defeat absolutely; 
'Gainst the speUs of his wicked band. 
Here, the defenders of childhood, we stand. 

LiLYBELL, 

Childhood! O innocent age of affection, 

Pure as the opening leaflets of spring- 
Promise of growth unto human perfection — 
O that thy pleasures might never take wing! 



Elves and Fairies. 

Innocently, 

Merrily play ; 
Life at your age should llow evenly, gently i 
Fear no foes while God you obey — 
Trust {their \ aOod swords to keep Kobalt away. 

Duet and Chorus. 

Kobalt. Innocence is lleeting; 

Guilt and pleasure meeting, 
Join in youth's completing; 
Kobalt bides liis time ! 

LiLYBELL. Prompter to crime! 

Truth and virtue liave power to defend. 
Kobalt. Cunning arts are stronger than they. 
LiLYBELL. Arts shall fail when truth lights the way. 

Choeus. Vice and Virtue contending — 

Tempting, protecting, assaulting, defending— 
Vice and Virtue contending, 
Time must decide how this conllict shall end. 
Elves. Innocence is cheerful, 

It is sin that's tearful. 
Guilt alone is fearful. 
Let us still be gay. 
Kobalt. Brats! bi'agaway, 

Idle ^vords cannot Kobalt oflend. 
LiLYBELL. Valiant deeds shall put him to flight! 
Kobalt. Fools, beware! Ye trifle with might. 

Chorus. Vice and virtue contending, 

Etc., etc. 

Pantomiine — PuCK makes wschief ainong the children. 
Imps set theyn fighting . Tableau. 



SCENE III.— Youth. 

Same. A Youth, his patents and sisters. Characters ^ oth- 
erioise^ as in last scene. 

Elves and Fairies. 

Behold what shinhig graces 

Adorn the brow of youth, 
"Where every virtue places 

The signet of its truth. 

LiLYBELL. 

My heart is filled with fears, 

"Weighed down with apprehension. 
What trials, what contention. 

Await his coming years. 
The world claims him to-day, 

What if its guilty pleasures. 
With Kobalt's evil measures, 

Should lead his soul astray? 



KOBALT. 

Imps. 

KOBALT . 

Imps. 



Solo and Semi- Chorus. 

'Tis Kobalt-s hour is come at last; 
Temptations now shall follow fast, 

And he shall fall— shall fall ! 
As forth into the world he goes, 
We'll taint its joys, make full its woes; 
His cup we'll fill with gall! 



Elves and Fairies. 

Dear Lilybell , from danger 
Their \ swords shall guard him still. 
We'll keep his heart a stranger 
To every form of ill. 



LiLYBELL. 

I trust 5'ou all, my friends, 
Secure, your faith possessing; 
May God bestow bis blessing-, 
From llim rJi strength descends. 

Elves and FAmiES. 

Ay, trust us, Lily1)ell, 
Our Fathei 's aid imploring, 
His sov'reign name adoring, 

In Him our hopes shall dwell. 

Pantomir}ie — The Youth receives the paternal blessing, and 
takes leave of his parents and sisters . He turns to de- 
part. Puck leads the way. Tableau. 



SCENE IV — FiiisT Love. 

Garden. Lilybell reclining upon a green mound. Faii'- 
ies groiiped around. 

One of the Faikies. 

Now gentle Spring advances, 
With buds and blossoms gay; 

Come greet with songs and dances 
The merry montli of May. 

Fairy Chooms. 
Sing tra, la, la, la. 
Come, with merry songs anil dances, 

Sing tra, la, la, la, 
Let us greet the return of the May . 
They dance. 



So)7(/ and Chorus. 

While Lil3'bell reposes, 
For her, our gentle Queen, 

We '11 weave a wreath of roses 
To deck her brow serene; 

Sing' tra, la, la, la. 
Come, we' 11 weave a wreath of roses. 

Sing tra, la, la, la, 
To adorn the fair bron- of our Queen. 

They dance. 

Enter FuCK, foUcwed by a youthful Maiden, who seats 
herself in an attitude of dejection upon the mound from 
%okich LiLYBELL has risen. Exit PuCK. 

Song and Chorus. 

LiLYBELL. 

Alas, with these poor mortals, 
What griefs their loves beget; 

O Love ! thy golden portals 
\Yith bitter tears are wet. 

Fairy Chorus. 

Sing tra, la, la, la. 
For this drooping, love-lorn maiden; 

Sing tra, la, la, la. 
Who shall comfort this love-stricken maid? 
LiLYBELL. Our darling youtli approaches — 
He'll cheer this drooping fair; 
In mutual, fond reproaches 
Shall pass their deep despair. 

Chorus. Sing tra, la, la, la. 

He shall soothe this love-lorn maiden ; 

Sing tra, la, la, la. 
He shall comfort this love-stricken maid. 



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During the last ntanza PuCK has re-entered^ followed hy a 
Young Man, who walks hesitatingly to the mound^ and 
kneels at the Maidkn's feet. Pantomime, expressive of 
reconciliation. Kobalt ayid Imps entering, are faced hy 
the Elves, sword in hand, who have followed the Young 
Man upon his entrance. Tableau. 



SCENE v.— MANnooD. 

A gainhling-house. Gambling -table; sideboard, with wine 
and fruit. The Man, xoith his com,panions , at the table ^ 
ga7nbling. KoBALT at his side; Imps surrounding him. 
LiLYBELL at R. H., weeping. 

Kobalt and iMrs, 

Drink and play, 
He's a fool that yields to sorrow; 

Lose to-day, 
Ball! you'll make it up to-morrow. 

Ever <^ay, 
Ruin comes, then turn and borrow. 

Never pay. 
All's fair at play. 
They drink. 

Lilybell, Solo. 

Lost ! Lost ! Lost I 
O Father in Heaven , 
For this have we striven — 
In a^i^onj'" striven — 

With Evil's dark host? 

O Heavenly host. 
When foes are assailing, 
Are prayers unavailing ? 
O hear us bewailing 

He is lost ! he is lost ! 
The players resume their places at the table. 



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KOBALT AND ImPS. 

Loaded dice, 
jNLike this little game more charming; 

Cheat him twice, 

Cheat him thrice; 
Hal the wine their blood is warming; 

In a trice. 
To the figlit j'-ou'll see them arming; 

Dear is vice. 
Souls pay the price. 

They fight . The Man stabs his o-pponeni , and is seized by 
the Imps. Eloes entering^ are faced by Imps, spear in 
hand. Tableau. 

N. B. — Daring this scene^ PuCK, seated under the table, 
rises now and then to steal or displace the cards — making 
tnischief generally. 



SCENE VI.— Womanhood. 

A forest. The Man sits upon a moimd, a prisoner to Ko- 
balt ayid Imps, loho surround him. 

Song and Chorus. 

KoBALT. The victory's won, Lilybell is defeated! 
Imps. Huzza! Huzza! 

KoBALT. Exult we now in our vengeance completed. 
Imps . Huzza ! Huzza ! 

Chorus. Long, long in vain for this end have we striven: 
He's ours at last; 
No rescue now: against earth, air, and Heaven, 
We'll hold him fast! 



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Enter Lilybell. 

KoBALT. Ha! Liiybell, here thy claties are over. 
Lilybell. That we'll disprove. 
KoBALT. Thy lost control, say, wliat art shall recover? 
Lilybell. A woman ' s love ! 

Chorus. No rescue now; vice and o'lillt, the red-lianded^ 
Have sealed the doom! [branded 

llemorse and death claim the soul that is 



Enter Woman, led by Puck and followed by Fairies. She 
holds out to the Man a Bible, and points above. He breaks 
from KoBALT and kneels at her feet. Eloes rush in and 
dr'ive ont Imps . 

So?ig and Chorus. 

Lilybell. Eejoice! rejoice! the light is breaking", 
The niglit of death is passed away; 
The soul from lurid dreams awaking, 
Restored to freedom, hails the day. 
Redeemed, baptised in woman's love. 
Chorus. New born from above, 

Lilybell. Anew to serve the Heavenly King. 
Chorus. His praise let us sing, 

Jn joy and peace we'll merrily sing! 
Lilybell. O pure woman's love. 
Blest boon from above ! 

Chorus. Kedeemed, baptised in woman's love,. 
Etc., etc. 

Tableau, 



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SCENE \ll . — Makriage . 

A street. A bridal procession. Orchestra iplays a wedding 
march. Scene changes to a church. Priest at the altar, 
to ivhich the 'procession advances., u-hile Lilybell aiid 
Fairies sing. 

' Song and Cho7'us. 

Lilybell. blessed day that joins tvv'o hearts 
In faithful love forever I 
Tlie blended hopes thy bliss imparts 
Nor time nor death shall sever. 

Chorus. Take, Oh, take thy virgin bride, 
Thine in love forever; 
Take, Oh, take thy virgin bride, 
Thine, thj'' love, thj'^ hope, thy pride. 

KOBALT a7id his Imps having entered the church after the 
processioti, rush out iii terror. 



SCENE VIII.— Separation. 

An interior. A bier covered by a xchite sheet. The Man 
{now iniddle-aged) kneels by it. Mourners., Fairies., Lnps, 
etc.^ Lilybell c??jc? KoB ALT. 

Fairy Chorus. 

Sad spirit weeping 

Life's hopes all fled; 
Thy lone watch keeping 

Beside the dead . 
Oh , raise thy vision 

To scenes above : 
In fields elysian 

There waits thee thy love. 



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KOBALT, Recitative. 

Come, come, this won't do; 
Man, beo^in life anew. 
Now tlie old love is dead, 
Soon a younger we'll wed; 
Now we're free, in full measures 
\7e'll drink deep of life's pleasures. 

The Man ivaves him away . 

KoBALT, aaide. 

I'll chanp^e my tactics and my son<^; 
Indulge he but one thought of Avrong, 
And he is mine once more. 

To the Man Solo. 

Bright hopes of love laid low in dust, 
O cruel blow! O God unjust! 
Unpitying Heaven, relentless, fell! 
Now trust, allegiance, faith, farewell! 

(Aside) ». 

He heeds me not, my game is o'er. 

Exeunt Kobalt ayid Im-ps. 

Fairy Chorus. 

Weep, weep, O stricken, 
Tears heal the heart. 

Then thoughts that quicken 
Solace impart. 

In Heaven above thee. 
Eternal shrine. 

She lives to love thee, 
- Forever thine. 

Tableau. 



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SCENE IX.— Death. 

Same, The Man [very old) reclines upon a couch. Attend- 
ants, Fairies, etc. Kobalt and Imps. 

Song and Choinis. 
Kobalt. 

Eally, man, rally, 
Death draweth near; 

Lo! the Clark valley, 
Dismal and drear; 

Thither descendino^, 

Life hath its eiidino-. 
Quenched as a spark in the infinite gloom; 

Enter the broad way, 

But, ah, no roadway 
Leads out beyond from the heart of the tomb. 

Chorus of Imps. 

Lo! the dark valley. 

Death draweth near; 
Eally, man, rally, 

Sink not in fear. 

LiLYBELL and Fairies {unscen) . 

Dread not the shadowy valley of Death; 
Livin<r beyond it thy loved one now waits for thee, 
Fairie's hold open the silvery gates for thee, ^ 

Bright is the passage when lighted by Faith. 

(After a pause) 

Kobalt. 

Voices, mere voices. 

Floating in air; 
Nature rejoices, 

Death is despair. 



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Gocl— that is, Nature — 

Filling the creature, 
Yields up the life it is helpless to save; 

Heaven's an error. 

Hell a vain terror ; 
Never a form issues forth from the grave. 

Chorus — Imps . 

Quench aspiration, 

Quake and despair — 
Annihilation 

Now draweth near. 

A curtain is drawn aside at back, arid a vision- of Fairy Land 
given. Lilybell ayid the Spirit of the departed VTife 
appear, surrounded by Faii'ies. Kobalt ajid Imps van- 
ish . 

Lilybell and Fairies. 

Hasten, blest spirit, from earth to be free! 
Death, that bereft thee, thy love shall restore to thee; 
Hark! angels call from the Heavenly shore to thee. 

Safe they'll conduct thee o'er death's narrow sea. 

Visio7i disappears . The Max falls dead. 



Scene X. — Life and Reunion, 

Fairy Land. Lilybell ayid Spirit of the Wife. Fairies 

and Elves. 

Fairy Chorus and Dayice. 

The choral groves and flowery meads 
Demand our present watch and care, 

From sparrow-hawks and ugly weeds 
To guard the birds and blossoms fair. 



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Then speed we back from our bright, land of Faerie, 
Yet ere we seek the regions subluiiarj^; 
To Lilybell, low in her presence bending, 
Henew we first our vows of love unending. 

They kneel. 

To save from Kobalt's evil arts 

The tender germs of infant life, 
And still to keep true lovers' hearts 
From jealousies and litful strife. 
Come, speed we back from our bright land of Faerie, 
But end we first our office tutelary, 
And this fond waiting one sustain right clieerly, 
Until rejoined by him she loves so dearly. 

Lilybell ( 7'ising ) . 

Sprites of the greenwood, quick, to your arms! 

Kobalt approaches; the wildest* alar-ms 

Float through these realms, on the zephyrs ascending; 

yee, the flowers shrink as from evils impending. 
Fairies . Monster of fear ! 

What wants he here? 
Lilybell. To arms! 

Oakball. To arms! 

Elves . To arms ! 

Enter Kobalt and Imjjs. 

Kobalt. 

Eager that this vain strife may cease. 
Fairies, I come repentant. 
Unto your realms resplendent. 
Friendship to seek, and peace. 
We 've striven long and harshly too, 
Justl}^ am I defeated ; 
Of injuries oft repeated. 
For pardon now I sue. 



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Imps . 

These cowardly concessions 
Of weakness, thou shall rne; , 

Such abject, vile concessions, 
For us will never do. 

LiLYBELL. 

Kobalt, a mightier Power than I 
Only can ])ardon evils; 
Turn from those surly devils 
And kneel to God on high . 

Kobalt ( kneeling ) . 

Fair Lil^^bell, to thee alone 
I kneel in true contrition ; 
Thy favor n\j ambition, 
Thy love* my dearest boon.. 

Elves and Fairies. 

Kobalt, the love thou speakest 

Is tainted yet with sin ; 
Th' exalted love thou seekest,. 

Exalted deeds must win. 

Duet. 
Kobalt. 

Justly, great God, thy brok(Mi law 
Penance most dire imposes; 
Virtue's bright dawn discloses 
Evils the heart that gnaw. 
When thee to seek, I fain would turn, 
Darkness arises 'round me— 
Passions that long have bound me 
Into my beirg burn. 



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LILYBELL. 



Justly, O Goil, thy broken law 
Penance on him imposes, 
The light he seeks discloses 
Evils his heart that gnaw. 
Yet if to seek thy face he turn , 
O let thy love surround him : 
The passions still that woun I him 
give him strength to spurn. 

ClLorus. 

KOBALT. 

To haunts where darkness reigneth — 

To scenes that mirror hell — 
I go, j'et love remainetll. 
Of bliss— of hope— to tell. 
Dear Lily bell, 
Awhile farewell I 

LiLYBELL AND FaIRIES. 

Kobalt, the Lord that reigneth 

Can snatch thee yet from hell: 
Then go, while strength remaineth, 
To break from sin's dark spell. 
Kobalt, farewell, 
Awhile ftirewell ! 

Lmps. 

Down, down-, where darkness reigneth, 

Quick, drag him down to hell. 
While yet his heart retaineth 
The blight of sin's dark spell. 
To Lilybell, 
For avo farewell! 



Exeunt Kobalt and Imps. 



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to youth. The reunioji. 

Chorus. 

Tree from earth and all its care, 

Reunited, liapfty pair, 
Heaven now its golden portals holds for ye open wide. 

From the Lord ye now adore, 

Comes a voice that bids ye soar 
To the realms of joy eternal, there to dwell side by side. 
From Faiiy Land haste aw\ay, our work is done; 
Farewell ! Farewell I Angels w\ait to lead ye on , 



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